FaZe Clan defeated NAV 2-0 in the Antwerp major finals. The Finnish organization ENCE’s team in the CS: GO major tournament ended in the semi-finals.
A lot of history was made on the stage of Antwerp’s Sportpaleis arena late Sunday night as CS’s GO major tournament culminated in the long-awaited final between FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere.
First, FaZ became the first “international” team to reach the major championship in the history of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
A team of five different nationalities knocked out Ukrainian NAVI 2-0 in two rounds in the final of the two-year-old majors comparable to the CS World Cup.
The Belgian tournament was the 18th major for CS: GO and so far the championship has always been more or less clearly celebrated by a team from some country. Last autumn, the championship was celebrated by NAVI, which has Ukrainian and Russian players in its roster.
Secondly, CS: GO History also received the first Norwegian, Latvian, Canadian and Estonian major champions.
In the FaZen shirt, the Danish captain was able to lift the trophy Finn “karrigan” AndersenLatvian Helvijs “broky” SaukantsCanadian Russel “Twistzz” Van DulkenEstonian Ropin “ropz” School and the Norwegian who won the MVP of the Games Håvard “rain” Nygaard.
The most recent in history was skipper Andersen, who at the age of 32 became the oldest major champion in history.
The championship was especially sweet for Andersen and the team’s other more experienced player, 27-year-old Nygaard – a duo who was already in the 2018 losing party in the Boston Major Final in the FaZen shirt.
– Never give up, no matter how hard life strikes. I just wanted to make history, lead the international team to the championship and we hell takes we did it! I’m proud to invite these guys as my teammates and be so happy to be right here and now. FaZe is like family to me, Andersen tasted emotionally in the stage interview as soon as the championship was decided.
– “Keep making history”, that’s why we’re here and that’s why we train CS every day, the Danish star continued.
NAVI, which celebrated the major championships in Stockholm in the autumn, was not a newcomer to the Antwerp final despite a direct 0-2 loss.
Considered the best player in the world Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev The team led by Inferno only lost the opening map in extra time 16-19. Nuke, who played second, went to FaZelle 16-10.
NAVI will charge $ 150,000 for the majors’ second place, or about 140,000 euros.
Finnish Eetu “sAw” Sahan coached by ENCE, the team ended up finishing 3-4 in Antwerp, which entitles them to a slice of $ 70,000, or just over € 65,000.
performed the major in Antwerp live at Areena. The broadcast of each race day can be viewed as a recording on E-sport’s website. Below is a recording of the Antwerp major final.